Jessica Nitschke, professor of classics, discusses the rare find of a miniature portrait engraving detailing Alexander the Great:

"Only images of Alexander the Great (rarely) and the Ptolemies of Egypt (much more commonly) are known to have the radiate crown. However, the facial features of our example here do not conform to the many known images of the Ptolemaic kings of Egypt."

Alexander the Great, You Sexy Thing

September 17, 2009, MSNBC